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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-08
His Hat Full of Eggs,

"Have you heard of the latest novelty in
hats~ inquired man of his companion, as
they were each quafflng a mug Of brown
stout
"No, what is it3n was the response.
swell, it is hat worn by a man who
serves morning papers on a suburban route.
A number Of his customers, nearly all Of
whom keep chickens, have noticed for several
weeks past that their eggs had acquired a
habit of disappearing each morning, after the
paper was deposited on the sill of the kitchen
window. Suspicion fell upon the dispenser
of the products of the press, and watch was
set, although no one could imagine where he
could stow the eggs. The denouement was
startling in its novelty.
"On one side of his hat, which was stiff
one, he had panel that worked by a spring.
He would pull the latter, the panel would
slide back in would drop the egg or eggs, and
back would spring the panel By this method
he managed to carry home every day dozen
or more eggs. At last fashion and utility
have joined hands. philadelphia Call
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-08

The Treasury's First Female Employe.
The question as to who was the first
female employe in the treasury depart
ment at Washington having been raised,
Gen. F. f. Spinner, who resides in Mo
hawk, was called upon to decide it. The
name of the first lady, he says, was
jeanette L. Douglass. Miss Douglass
was born in Peterboro, Madison county,
n. Y, and was a neighbor of the phi
lanthropist Gerritt Smith, and it was
through his influence that Gen. Spinner
made the appointment Miss Douglass
was in 1860 teacher in Mrs. Smith s
female seminary in Washington, in the
building occupied by Jefferson Davis
while he was secretary of war.
AT the outbreak of the civil war the
school was broken up and Miss Douglass
rented the mansion of Mrs. Gaines and
opened a girls school 1t was not sue
cess, and she went to Scotland to look
after property there to which she had
fallen heir. She returned to New York
city in 1870, and wrote to her brother
from there, saying she would soon join
him in lion. Since that time neither he
nor any of his friends have ever seen or
heard of Miss Douglass. Whether she
got her fortune or not, whether she was
robbed, kidnapped or murdered or COM
mitted suicide, is not known. The mys-
terry of her disappearance will probably
never be solved.-Chicago Journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-08
Putting Heart into Work.

Ruskin has very finely said that men
are not sent into the world to do any
thing into which they cannot put their
hearts. Putting heart into work means,
of course. to do work earnestly and with
will-heartily. 1t seems to us that
this quality of heartiness is what makes
all the difference between poor work and
useful work between what is real and
true and what is hollow and superficial
in the purposes and deeds Of men. To
put ones heart into anything means to
put ones self into it, and when was any
thing noble, great or useful in the
highest or the lowest degree, performed
in this world. that did not involve the
putting in of self! The famous saying
of one of the old masters, that he mixed
his paint with brains, is but another way
of expressing great general truth, APP
plicable to all master work, whether it be
in painting a canvas, or writing a poem,
or building a house. 1t must be done
with mixing of brains, or with what is
the same thing, mixing of heart,
mixing of self. The average man, to
say the least, is not a very strong or a
very wise or great being. Measured by
the standard of the infinite, his noblest
endeavors seem weak and puny beyond
comparison Measured by the standard
of natures handiwork, the results of his
skill and craftiness are insignificant
How then can man do less than put
forth the best there is in him, since even
that falls far short of perfection? And
this always and everywhere, whether the
thing to be done calls for the exercise of
brains or hands, whether it is carving a
statue or digging ditch. Heart, heart,
heart is what is needed for the world S
work of every kind, for such as Is called
great and such as is termed mental
And most of all it is needed for spiritual
work, for the saving of sinners, for the
regeneration of men. Want of heart
here means failure from the beginning,
utter failure and disaster The sermon,
the prayer, the exhortation, the spiritual
counsel the teaching, that does not have
heart in it, the spirit of a sanctified
heart is devoid of the very thing that
carries the sermon, the eXhortation, the
counsel to the consciences and souls of
men. Without it they are but husks,
empty, dry and worthless. Christian at
| Work.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-08
SONG OF THE MOCKlNG BIRD.

The true song Of the knocking bird
Far in the woodland lone is heard,
No mimic strain therein has part.
The tones come singing from his heart;
Another note he brings each day.
Where roses DER the lattice sway.
The song in which the world has part
Is not the true song of his heart.
In dulcet. palpitating tone
He sings and dreams himself alone;
Such music in the cadence lies.
tbs like a voice from paradise:
/, softly stealing through the wood
Capture the song, sweet prelude;
1t thrills the dusky solitude;
Dream of a nest and downy brood.
Through all the songs bewitching power
There floats as fragrance from flower
a spell. as though haunting tone
Had drifted from joy long flown
Dear bird, your secret who would tell
one hint of your sweet madrgal:
Enough one listening ear had part
And heard the singing of a heart
Laura F. Hinsdale.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-08
Good Nature as a DntY.

Some men say: "Well, | have worked
hard all day long l am tired out, con-
fess it, and when I go home look for
happy faces and good cheer. | don't
want to hear complaints. l want my
dinner and quiet, comfortable time.
Well, that S all right.
am not saying that this duty isn't in
cumbent upon women and children as
well as upon men. 1t is universal duty,
but do say that these men, to whom
good nature is a duty only, would find
their pleasure in it, if they continued
that duty at home.
Why should a man, broker, mer-
chant, lawyer, be jolly and full of fun
with quips and jokes and happy stories
among his companions until he reaches
his own door? Is it mask he wears? Is
he a hypocrite? Does he voluntarily
torture himself by breeding discomfort
and turmoil in his own homer
Oh, no.
The fact is, we don't think anything
about it.
If we did think, we would recognize
instantly the desirability of cultivating
the sunshiny disposition everywhere
Good nature tells in the counting room
it certainly is most effective in a court
room. See how it brightens up sick
chamber, and if wives and children have
that duty impressed upon them also, and
each makes up his or her mind to be
cheerful, to be happy of disposition, to be
courteous, to be careful with that naughty
little member, the tongue, in a very short
time the atmosphere of the most somber
household will be changed and this May
morning smell would be carried not only
through the whole day, but through the
whole year. and not only through the
channels and along the highways Of bust
ness, but in the more sacred precincts of
what should be the very garden of exist
Towards Letter.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-08

first Australia tour was begun in 1852. He
married Louise Davenport In 1850, when
he went to England with "The Danites, 4"
Mamie Sheridan accompanied him, though
not to play. Among the victims of the
Metis, which sunk in Long Island sound, was
the girl born to Sarah Hayes, Sheridan's first
wife, Boston girl. Mamie Sheridan was
also at one time lis wife
Sheridan, In "The Dukes Motto was also
very successful, and critics say some of his
best work was as the dialect Italian in "Our
Boarding House." which he first undertook
with Robson and Crane in New York
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-08
Bismarck,s BoldnesA

Bismarck is one of the boldest and
most outspoken men. Not long ago, he
declared that nothing could be done with
Russian of the lower class except by be-
ing rough with him, and he related an
incident which once happened to him in
St. Petersburg. Bismarck was walking
one day along the street in the Russian
capital, when a peasant rudely pushed up
against him. The prince at once knocked
the peasant down. The man go up from
the ground, took off his cap, bowed low
and humbly and made the most abject
apologies. THAT is the way to deal with
Russians" said Bismarck, in telling the
story.-Argonaut.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-08

satile geniuses Of
the profession, and
supported John T.
Raymond as a COM
edian did ii G b
comedy with Julia
Dean Hayne, and
was at variou S
times leading man
for stars SO divers
ant Us Lucille West
ern, CHI a RI o t t e
T h IN pson and
A lei lie Belgrade.
He began his star
ring career in Hal
flax in 1879. His
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-08
Longest Rivers in the World.

The eight longest rivers in the world,
according to the calculations of Maj. Gen
A. Won Tblo, are as follows: Missouri
Mississippi, 4,194 miles; Nile, 4,O20;
Yang-tse- Kiang, 1888; Amazon, 8,083;
Yenesei-Scanga, 1850; Amor, 1850;
Congo, 2,ss3; Mackenzie, 2,s6s. The
length Of the Missouri Mississippi is taken
from the report of Messrs. Humphreys
and Abbott. Kloders estimates 1t at
1868 miles.-Public Opinion.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-08
THE SOURCES" OF DIVIDENDS.

The ways of the Virginia agent when he
comes under tine influence of the Northwest
ern Mutual Life Insurance Company, strongly
resemble those OF Providence in their in
scrutability. In a late issue we illustrated the
penchant OF firm OF Norfolk agents to in
dulge in the easy and flowing style of the
quack medicine advertisement Then they
were Offering rewards 10 the extent of $3.50 for
every case that policy in the Northwestern
would not cure.
Now the same firm has taken another step,
and are advertising their principal prof
cient in one of the main features OF the taXid-
crmist's art. The newest literary production,
among other things says
Where the double dividends OF the North
western come from. The death loss to each
$1,000 insurance was in lss6,
In The New York Life Insurance Com. $1,000
In The Equitable Lite.................... 1910
In The Mutual Life of New York H.70
In The Washington Lite of New York. li.S0
In The NORTHW ESTERN.. ............. $50
Average cost OF death rate in four compan-
les first named, Sl3.2711.
To each $1,000 of insurance the Northwestern
saved s5.O7. which went to its policy holders
as dividends.
"Saved is rather mild word to describe
the operation of paying s5.07 less on each
1000 OF insurance than any one of four prom
inent companies; but the Northwestern seems
to like it, and so we it too, instead of en-
ployng the word which describes the first
process of the art OF taXidermy. Insurance is
an article that every man desires shall reach
his family intact, and ii cannot be a great
qualification to be told in tlaring type that the
company who solicits his patronage intends
to save S507 on each 1000 OF insurance that ii
carries. Even the famous "double dividend"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-08
DEALERS IN PETROLEUM.


The rapid growth Of New i ork city's bust
ness has created new organization known
as the Consolidated Stock and Petroleum ex-
change, which is erecting a magnificent
structure at the corner Of Exchange place
and Broadway, and bids fair to soon rival
the old and noted stock exchange. The new
body now has {, 403 members, and seats worth
$500 six months ago are now held at 81 900,
with a rising tendency. In 1856 the building
company was organized and the managers
promise to have the building ready for occu-
pancy next fall. 1t has a frontage on Broad
way Of 90 feet II inches, on Exchange place
of 1872 feet inches and ON New street of 81 feet
I inches. 1t has a basemeiu story of ID feet,
a main story of SO feet for the exchange and
above that four stories for offices, Of which
there are to be 100, to he reached both by ele-
vators and large stairways, without going
through the exchange. All the offices and
rooms will be lighted from an interior court
yard, and will he handsomely furnished in
hard wood, the interiors of light colors.
There will be fine restaurant in the base
ment and all the rooms will be heated by
steam.
The new exchange is the result Of a CONSOLE
dation. The New York Mining Stock ex-
change was organized in 1915 and has sue
cessively absorbed the National Petroleum
exchange, the Miscellaneous Security
board, the American Mining board
and the New York Petroleum and Stock
board-the result being the present powerful
Consolidated Stock and Petroleum exchange.
1t has all the dash and vigor of young and
growing body, and on several recent days
more shares of Reading stock were traded in
on the Consolidated than on the old stock
exchange. But the growth Of business will
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-08

The British have still another torpedo boat
launched, a boat supposed to unite in the
highest degree the qualities of speed and de-
structiveness. 1t is known as the Fake the
name of q class, not of one boat, and has
made the extraordinary speed of twenty six
and one-half miles an hour, carrying load
of fifteen tons, and maintaining that speed
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-08
Fake TORPEDO BOAT.

for two hours. The boat is 1875 feet long,
with fourteen feet breadth Of beam, and its
steering capacities are so perfect that it went
around circle with diameter Of 100 yards.
The boiler is capable Of developing 800 horse
power, and there are six engines-ons for
driving the boat, two for COMPRISING the air
for the torpedoes, one for the dynamo that
gives the electric light, one for forcing air,
and ore to be run with the distilling appara-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-08
SECTIONAL VIEW.

tbs for supplying drinking wateA Tfssre are
three guns on deck and tower carrying two
TORPEDO guns, which can be trained 70 any
angle and turned toward any point by 20
volving the tower The forward part Of the
boat Is thoroughly protected by turtle
back, within which are good quarters for
the crew. Altogether the Fake type adds
some very worthy members to the heet Of
scientific destroyers now afoat
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-08

The handspring of a Waterbury watch
Is twenty -four feet long. The spring Of
an ordinary watch is twenty-six inches.
Mechanical Engineer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-08
Death of W. E. Sheridan.

The actor, ". E. Sheridan, who died in
Australia a short time ago, was perhaps best
known as q star in the role of Louis XII.
though he was noted as one of the most YER
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-08
Farms for Sale
In Hancock, Addison County, Vermont
TW d r IL MS.

Both being on the stage road leading from
Hancock to Middlebury. The first farm Is
located one mile west of Hancock village,
known as the Robbins Farm, containing about
two hundred and forty acres OF land, a largo
two-story house and wood shed; two large
barns, Old but in very good repair running
water to the house and barns; Il large apple
orchard, and a nice sugar bush of four hun.
dred trees; fences in good repair; land in
good condition; wood and saving timber in
abundance within half mile of n saw MILL
The other farm is three miles from the vii
lage, and contains about sixty five acres of
land; ii good house and ell part tor kitchen;
also IA wood-shed adjoining the house and q
good barn and sheep barn connected by
shed, also n dry house and running water to
the house and barns. Buildings all in good
condition; good apple orchard, also a splen-
did sugar bush OF four hundred maple trees.
Any one looking for home should examine
these places before purchasing elsewhere, as
they must and will be sold at Il bargain En-
quire OF the undersigned for further particu-
lars.
4. VI. ROBBINS.
Hancock. VT. January "a, los7. l2-tf
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PEOPLES FORWARDING co.
A FlOurishing Institution Built by
Energy and Perseverance.

Prominent among the shippers of the
west, and in the lead of all competitors
in this Territory, stands the Peoples
Forwarding Company, of which Mr.. E.
E. Rich is manager, 1t is to the wide
experience of this gentleman that much
of the success of the company is due
he it is who has placed the organization
in the Iead and holds it there to-day.
Mr.. Rich's experience in the forward
ing and commission business dates back
to 1862. when he was filling q
responsible ssituatiOn at White
Pire, Nevada; afterwards he located
in Salt Lake, auG for numDe OF years
had his headquarters in Denver, paying
periodical visits to this section of the
west for the purpose Of buying Titan
wheat for eastern dealers. He has had
wide business acquaintance from
southern Idaho to the extreme southern
end of Utah, and is personally &C
ouainted with nearly every Colorado
dealer. His extensive travels through
out this Territory, and his intimate
acquaintance with railways and their
manner of conducting business, give
MIN an advantage that can be
gained by no one unless he passes
through similar experience, and they
make Linn gentleman whose judgment
in such matters can be most implicitly
relied on.
Besides dealing in -four, grain, hay.
and general produce, the company also
own extensive salt beds near Lake
Shore. and which are within stones
throw OF the Utah Central and along
side the track of the Denver d
Rio Grande These beds. when
first commenced, we're small
and comparatively Insignificant, but
keen business foresight has again
won. and the Peoples Forward
ing Company now find themselves able
10 compete with the most formidable
rivals 1t was Mr.. Rich who first place
upon this market dairy salt produced
! by the aid OF natural gas, which Is
found in large quantities on the salt
| beds, and so strong is his belief III the
Importance of this industry, that he has
concluded TO go into the business on I
much larger scale, and to that end is
now having manufactured gasometers
| boilers, etc. With natural gas for fuel
he can outdistance all competitors in
refined liable and dairy salt
The Office of the Peoples Forwarding
Company is in the Walker Opera
House. The warehouses are locateC
near the D. Il K q. depot in Salt Lake
and also at Whitewater, Col.
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portunity affords, and we do not recall
a single instance where such, after q
careful and deliberate investigation of
all the conditions, lave failed to make
an investment in real estate.
Yes, we think Salt Lake always was
an exceedingly well advertised city, but
conditions change, and the work of our
Chamber of Commerce has been very
gratifying in that respect. We are OF
the opinion that our own business men
individually could contribute much
more largely than we do. AS result
of recent-trip east by one of our city
business men, several gentlemen of
capital have recently visited Salt Lake,
where they would not have done so but
for the expression of the gentleman re-
ferred to, and each of these visitors has
bought property and left money in this
city.
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Valley-Tan Remedies
William Driver & Sons.

The irm whose name constitutes the
caption of this article IS the pioneer
drug house of Ogden City, and by
strict attention TO their business, they
have grown proportionately with the
growth of OgdeH's business interests,
which low extend many hundreds of
miles on every hand. 1t will be seen,
by reference to their advertisement,
that they are wholesale dealers in drug
and medicines, and are manufacturers
agents for all the leading lines which
they carry. They sell at the same
prices as eastern houses, duplicating
the figures quoted by eastern firms III
every instance, which they are able 10
do by reason of the vast quantity Of
goods they purchase at one lime, upon
which they save the great expense OF
freight; They also deal in fancy goods
of all kinds, paints, oils. yarnishes,
brushes, and wines and liquors Jos
medicinal purposes. They have thriv-
ing branch houses in Logan, Utah
and Montpelier, Idaho. 10 accommodate
their ever increasing business in those
sections. They take pleasure in quot
ing prices 10 inquirers, and make a
point OF attending promptly to any
mail orders which are entrusted 70
them.
CoALTER & SNRLGRovE, the Salt Lake
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The "Gem" Barber Shop.

The Gem" Barber Shop is I'M
doubtedly one Of the most popular in
the city. 1t IS not large, but the repu-
tation of the proprietors, Messrs.
HasIam & Pardoe, is such that this
ceases to be a deficiency. They are
both expeditions and conscientious
workers, and the steady business COM
manded by them is perhaps the very
best evidence. of their popularity. and
that their work is first-class. More
over, they have in the rear of their
neat little establishment, fitted up
rooms by which the whole man may
externally be made clean ana present
able Besides trimming his hair, and
removing the facial stubbie, they will
also give unto hin who loveth to be
clean" frst-c class bath. 1t is needless
to state that their prices are moderate.
Their constantly growing business
proves thai. Theirs is the first shop
west of the Eagle Emporium, on
the south side of the street. Give then
q call and be made handsome.
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No. 80 Main Street, opposite 4. G. Nj. L.
Q.-How long have you beer in the
business of real estate?
A.-AboUt three months.
, Q.-Has there been an increase in in
terest?
A. Yes, ever since we commenced
there has been a material increase, nor
has the winter been much OF detri
ment.
Q,-Is there any disposition on the
part OF property owners not to dispose
of it2
"A great many have property who
sell without much hesitation, while 9th
ers hold on to their property, hoping
for boom and for boom figures
Q.-What do VOC think of The out
come?
A.-Well, from what letters We re-
ceive from the east, it is very favorable.
These letters of Inquiry about the
prizes of land, taxes and condition
OF affairs in general, are from bust
ness men, who anticipate buying here,
for the purpose of building manufac-
tures and improving the country. We
have also received several letters from
stockmen, AID i'll the spring we look
for large influx of immigration, as
the prices OF land are not unreasona Die
and we get what We ask in selling.
There have been several gentlemen here
inQuiring about the prospects OF the
great development of Utah The
prospects are, ] think, very bright.
We look upon one aspect of the case as
very favorable Men come here with
money they can iuyeSt if suitable op-
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CoALTEB & SNELGRovE, the salt Lake
Music Dealers.
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CoALrEB IL SNELGRoyE, the Salt Lake
Music DeaitF-
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CoALTER & SNRLGRovE, the Salt Lake
Music Dealers.
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UNTOLD RESOURCES.
Her Climate and Other At
fractions.
REMARKABLEAN AND WONDERFUL
Gillespie, Kelsey, Miles and
Taylor brothers.

What does q real estate boom mean?
Does it mean a speculative frenzy in